Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
There’s a coruscating alchemy at work in OF AN AGE, arguably one of the best films to be released this year.
The magic is in the chemistry of the cast, the transmutation of script to screen by writer director …
Shot in the film ratio of the time it is set, LIVING is the story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort …
The door, the lift, the water cooler, the chairs and the video cameras. This is the environment set before us as we enter the theatre for COLLAPSIBLE.
Striking in suit and sneakers, Essie makes a speculator entrance as if …
Director Anthony Skuse’s trademark tilted askew angled floor is immediately evident as you pull the eye over the wool and hay bails of James Smither’s simple and effective set for Secret House’s production of Simon Longman’s GUNDOG.
As with all …
Barbara Broccoli doesn’t just make Bond films and her CV as producer of serious issue cinema expands with the release of TILL.
Directed by Chinonye Chukwu with a screenplay by Michael Reilly & Keith Beauchamp and Chukwu, TILL tells the …
There’s a couple of dark horsey punts in this year’s Oscar race for Best Lead Actress.
Ana de Armas in BLONDE which went straight to streaming service, Netflix, and created some controversy regarding her depiction of Marilyn Monroe and Andrea …
Kinda like a literary cousin of The Rosie Project and The Thursday Murder Club, LENNY MARKS GETS AWAY WITH MURDER is a cosy knees up on the couch breezy read.
Lenny Marks is the 37 year old protagonist, a dedicated …
Pioneer. Icon. Mentor. Mum.
For over fifty years, Natalie Miller has been a force in film distribution, exhibition and production in Australia and not before time she is celebrating her life’s work with the publication of her memoir PROJECTING NATALIE …
Wakes in bite.
Dianne Yarwood’s debut novel, THE WAKES centres on a couple of enterprising women who cater for funerals.
Four funerals and two failing marriages form a complex narrative of intertwined stories as pharmaceutically trained Clare is cajoled by …
Australian short film makers have a long and prestigious history in the annals of the Academy Awards. Twenty years ago, Adam Elliot won Best animated short for Harvie Krumpet. This year, Lachlan Pendragon is vying for the same honour with …